Danny lay in bed gazing at the ceiling. He couldn't sleep, he kept thinking about Sam, and not wanting her to wake up alone. He sighed, rolling over on his bed. This was the first time he had slept there since Sam had been kidnapped, he had been staying at Danny's. Even though he knew that Ken was dead and couldn't do anything, he had had the locks on his place and Samantha's changed. It made him feel safer.
He had to get his report done, then hopefully (if Jack would let him and there were no cases) he'd go back to sit with Samantha. He hoped she would wake up soon.
He shut his eyes, and tried to will sleep to come.
Danny got into the office early the next day, wanting to finish his paperwork and everything as soon as possible.
He was already at his desk when Vivian came in.
"Morning." she said.
"Hey." he replied.
"You heard anything?"
Danny shook his head, knowing instinctively she was referring to Samantha. "I'm going to finish this then head over there."
Vivian nodded. "I might come too."
"Okay." replied Danny.
"Did you get much sleep?" asked Vivian.
Danny sighed, "No, not much. Couldn't sleep...just kept thinking about Sam."
Vivian smiled comfortingly. "She'll be fine."
Danny was still working on the report when Jack and Martin got in, around 15 minutes later. Each of them asking about Samantha. There had been no cases so far, so as soon as Danny finished him and Vivian left to see Samantha.
When they got to the hospital, Danny immediately rushed into Samantha's room, while Vivian went to talk to the doctor.
The doctor smiled as she saw Vivian approach.
"Has there been any change?"
The doctor sighed and shook her head sadly. "Unfortunately no."
"What does that mean?" asked Vivian anxiously.
"Her body doesn't seem to be healing itself as well as it should be. There's nothing really to worry about yet, it has only been a day. But if she doesn't start improving soon...then there may be some problems."
"But she will be alright?"
"If she wakes up soon, then yes. If not...I'm afraid that a number of complications could arise. We're running some tests, to find out why there has been no change. We found she recieved several blows to the head, so we have to set her up for a scan later today."
"So there could be brain damage?" Her eyes widening, and a worried tone in her voice.
"It's possible, but unlikely. It's most likely that the beatings caused some swelling, which is limiting some of the brains usual functions. But once the swelling subsides then it will be fine."
"Okay, thank you. Oh, when's her scan?" said Vivian.
"Samantha's scan is scheduled for 12 this afternoon, so we have to get her ready at around 11.30."
"Thanks." said Vivian, she smiled at the doctor and went into Samantha's room. Danny was already seated by her bed. "What did the doctor say?" he asked.
Vivian sighed, attracting Danny's attention. He looked up at her anxiously.
She took the seat on the other side of the bed opposite Danny.
"She said that there has been no change, which is a bad sign and that if she doesn't wake up soon then it means that there are some problems. She's put Sam in for a brain scan later, to see if there's any brain damage."
Danny looked at Vivian in shock. "I didn't know it was that bad. Brain damage? God."
"She doesn't think it is brain damage though, she said that it may just be swelling from the beatings limiting the brain function, and that's why she hasn't woken up. But they have to do a scan, just as a precaution I guess."
Danny nodded. "When's the scan?"
"A few hours, at 11:30."
"Okay." replied Danny. He sighed looking at Samantha's pale face.
Vivian left after a while, going to call Jack and Martin to let them know the latest developments and to get some coffee.
Danny sighed again, wondering if he should call Samantha's mom, considering what happened after Sam was shot, he didn't think she would come.
Vivian came back a few minutes later, holding two cups of coffee. "I called Jack and Martin and told them what was going on. They're going to come in later- after the scan. Van Doren's got them doing some paper work."
Danny nodded gratefully taking the coffee Vivian offered to him. "I was wondering if I should call her mom." he said after a pause.
Vivian looked at him curiously. Sam had never mentioned her family to her. "If you think you should...you've known Sam longer. I guess you're the best judge."
"When Sam got shot, I called her...but she didn't visit, honestly, she didn't seem to care."
Vivian nodded, she had wondered where Samantha's family was when she had visited Sam in hospital. But she hadn't wanted to ask.
"I'll just wait and see how she is." he decided.
After a few hours a nurse came in to get Samantha ready for the scan. The doctor told them that they wouldn't get the results for a while, the scans had to be taken and then the doctor had to go over them. So Vivian and Danny decided to go back to the office, and come back later with Jack and Martin. Once they had the results from the scan.
Jack looked at Danny in concern once him and Vivian got back to the office. He sighed, Danny had black circles under his eyes and all together looked exhausted. The past few days had been hell for everyone, especially him.
"Hey Danny, can I talk to you for a minute, in the office?" said Jack.
Danny nodded, following Jack into the office.
"How you holding up?" Jack asked gesturing for Danny to take a seat.
Danny shrugged. "I'm okay."
"You know it's not your fault." said Jack firmly.
"I should have done more." Danny frowned. "There had to be something."
"Danny. You did everything you could- that guy was a psycho."
Danny smiled sadly. "I hope she wakes up soon."
"She will. She's strong, and a fighter- she will wake up soon."
"Yeah." said Danny. He sighed, "I'm going to get back to my desk."
Jack nodded, his gaze following Danny's slumped posture. Sam had to wake up.
About an hour later the hospital rang, Danny answered the phone. After talking to the doctor for a few minutes, he turned to the others who had gathered around him.
"She said they got the results back, and that we can go down there now."
"Did they tell you anything?" asked Martin.
Dany shook his head. "No." he replied anxiously. "She said she'd show us when we got here."
Vivian and Jack exchanged nervous glances. "Well let's get going." said Vivian.
